OSHA Inspection: FIRST STUDENT INCORPORATED

Issued

Feb 13, 2003

Abate by

Feb 26, 2003

Penalty

Initial $4,500 · Current $2,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970:  The
employer did not furnish
employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized
hazards that were
causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employee(s),
in that, an employee
was working beneath a running school bus exposing the employee to severe
crushing hazards:
21 Richards Road, Plymouth, MA:
On December 18, 2002 an employee was seriously injured when the school bus
he was
working on unexpectedly rolled forward and was struck by the rear wheels
of the bus
pinning him to the ground.
One feasible method of abatement, among others, is to reinforce the need
for yard
mechanics to use wheel chalks whenever they are working on vehicles.
Further, the
employer should establish a written work rule, effectively communicate
that rule to
affected employees, uniformly enforce the work rule, and establish a means
to discover
non-compliance with the rule.